![]() In Phase 1 (a straight run with methanol fuel), we attained a speed of 108.75 mph. We assembled our pit/shelter on the salt, unloaded the bike and proceeded through tech inspection with no discrepancies. ![]() ![]() The bike pulled ‘like a freight train’ through those first five gears, so we new we had a good chance at taking the record with it at Bonneville.Īt Bonneville Salt Flats, we set up camp on a hillside above the lake bed. We did a few test runs at the Sequim Valley airport, but the limited runway length would not allow me to attain any full-speed runs, I could only utilize five of the six speeds in the transmission. This new engine was hand-built in my Sequim shop and is a ‘hybrid’ one-off design composed of lower-half Kawasaki and upper-half Yamaha (say “KawaYami”) with a much higher level of tuning than the previous engine. I used the same chassis as the earlier record-holding motorcycle, so handling remained good and unchanged, except it now had an entirely new engine with a sizable increase in power, and hopefully much FASTER! My entry for the 2016 season entailed a one-step up class change from 100cc to 125cc displacement, remaining in the blown fuel category. ![]() The last time we ran on the salt was in August 2013 when we successfully broke two records in the 100cc blown fuel class. ![]() Our team was very anxious to finally get a chance to test our brand new engine for the 2016 season. “The salt flats were a ‘go’ this year after having a poor, unusable surface (unfit for racing) for the last two years. ![]()
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